Think On These Things

Philippians 4:7-8
7 And the peace of God, which passeth all understanding, shall keep your hearts and minds through Christ Jesus.

8 Finally, brethren, whatsoever things are true, whatsoever things are honest, whatsoever things are just, whatsoever things are pure, whatsoever things are lovely, whatsoever things are of good report; if there be any virtue, and if there be any praise, think on these things.

Thanks in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ. I trust that you’re doing well. I trust that you’ve had a good week so far and here we come, coming into a weekend, and I trust that the blessings of the Lord and his mercy and grace has been upon you. I know it has for me. I wouldn’t even be here if it wasn’t for his mercy and grace.

So we appreciate the Lord and we appreciate him for his goodness and I just wanted to take a little moment here to continue with our, Bible study on the book of Philippians chapter four. I know it’s been a few days since my last, video that are recorded and we had stopped. I believe at verse six, so we’re gonna go ahead and look here in the word and, let’s see what the Lord has in store for us here for the next three verses that I hope that this is gonna this brings you a sense of peace during this time of storm that we are living in during this time of uncertainty that we are living in, but,

Guess what saints and you know this, if you’re a Holy ghost, feel Christian and that is that there is there is certainty and Christ and there is you, you, you have nobody else. Nothing else to turn to that is sure that is an absolute other than the word of God in this hour. So that’s the reason why.

We look at the word, so we’re here in Philippians chapter four, and I believe that last time we had ended with verse six and we’re going to continue here with verse seven. Again, I’m not trying to make these videos no more than five to 10 minutes, so we’re going to try to go quick and so hopefully something was said that, something has said that.

Be a blessing to you. And the Bible says here in verse seven and the peace of God, which passes all understanding. Now, remember, this is Paul’s writing to the to the Philippians and he, he says here and the peace of God.

Because in reality saints, and there is no peace in anything else. Satan, has come in and this, this, this, this relates to the thirst, that a man has really for garden there and that brother Brandon was talking about profit was talking about how that that thirst has been perverted. So that’s the reason why.

People go, and look to to alcohol for a sensor to sor sort of quench that thirst or in this case, to have a sense of peace or they look for for drugs to have that sense of peace or they look for a sex to have that sense of peace or they look for. Anything else that’s outside of the word that truly gives peace.

In order for them to really have peace and then in reality as you probably may have found when if you were living out without Christ and you before you became a Christian and the way I’ve I’ve found out is that there is no peace in the things of the world and there is no peace in anything outside of Christ. So Paul says here.

And the peace of God now watch this. This is really encouraged me in a blessed me, which passes all understanding.

You know. In everything that we see that’s going on right now. So many things, so many summit, you do not know who to trust, who to listen to and you can’t trust the media. You can’t trust government, you can’t trust, but you can always trust and I’ve always told my children as you can always trust the word of God, the word of God.

The book itself. Has been with us for thousands of years and God has preserved his word and is the only one that those words have actually, cause a change in people’s lives and, and we know that it’s the revelation of those words because what is, What is the, what is the baptism of the Holy ghost? What is the new birth? Well, it’s a personal relationship. It’s a personal revelation of who Christ is to you. You see, and of course it’s it’s how the word describes who Christ is and that person.

Correlation has to go in line with the word, but this piece here is a peace that passes all understanding so you may not understand what’s going on. You may not understand why my child does not or my daughter. My son does not want to come to the Lord. Why my my father that I’ve been praying for so many years.

There’s not one to turn to Christ. Why my mom that I’ve been praying for so for some so many years and God does not heal her from such and such issue. Well, you know what and the peace of God, which passes all understanding shall keep your hearts and minds through Christ Jesus. Oh my saints, if you, if you don’t, if you can’t turn and can’t find peace in anything else, you can find peace in this verse. I could T. I guarantee you that right now so that peace of God, and I hope that that encourages you because it certainly has helped me, in the time and this time when we’re trying to look for.

Answers and we and, and with with what’s going on currently in our situation with this virus. But, you know, ultimately, nobody knows the answers. Other than Christ and Christ has the answers to all things. So let that piece be the piece that guides you in this hour and not just in this hour, but in the hours to come in the days to come in the weeks and years to come, let that piece be the one to guide you because that’s the only thing that will last and has.

It has eternal Valley. Verse eight says, finally, brethren whatsoever. Things are true. Whatsoever. Things are honest, watch this.

Whatsoever things are just. Whatsoever. Things are pure whatsoever. Things are lovely whatsoever. Things are of good report if there be any virtue and if there be any praise, think on these things. Oh my, is it just. Just just looking at them thinking of that. That’s exactly what God wants us to do to think on these things because what else can can, what else has such good, such a good report. What else carries a virtue? What else carries and that? What else is pure? What else is? Honest again, it’s the.

Is the thing that brings peace and it’s the word of God. Amen. So this is what Paul is telling us to do. Whatsoever. Things are true and whatever things whatsoever things are true and we know the word of God is true. Whatsoever. Things are honest. I don’t think anybody can dispute that. The word of God is not honest unless you’re an atheist whatsoever. Things are just, there was only one righteous in just a person and being and that’s God. He’s the one that judges right? Rightly, not even the best judge in the.

Land or in the world can judge like God can whatsoever. Things are pure and what’s the purest thing. There was no sin in Christ Jesus when he was here on earth. And he is the word. Therefore, this is what’s pure. The word of God is pure whatsoever. Things are lovely. Oh my there’s nothing better. No more beautiful than the lovely Lord Jesus and you know why he didn’t have beauty that people would be attracted to him, as Isaiah, 53, I believe says when,

He was here on earth. There was no beauty in him that you should want him as far as physically, but there was a internal beauty and internal beauty that he had that attracted people and that’s the beauty that God wants us to have. Is that that, that, that internal beauty that reflects on the outside and I, and I pray that God.

Give me more of that because it’s so easy to get carried away with the things of this life and the and the, and the different things that are going on in this life, and you lose that Puritan. You lose that loveliness that can only come from the word of God, and again, whatsoever things are of good report. My goodness, the good news.

News. I believe it was the LaFontaine family. They sung the song. The good news is that he’s risen from the dead. Good news is that he came to save the bad news was defeated with God’s word. The good news. Amen. This is. This is what brings this is. This is what brings joy and, and, and it’s good.

Report is the word of God, anything related to the word and he finally says here if there be any virtue again, purity tied in with purity, if there be any virtue, if there be any praise, think on these things, so that’s what I want to leave you with a Saint. I want to encourage you to just think on the word of God.

Don’t just read the word and, and kind of skim through it and say, okay, I’ve done my deed for today, but really think on what you’re reading because I know, and I believe that God really wants to give you a revelation, but you can only give you as much as you give him. So if you give him 10 minutes of your time or if you give him a.

I always say, if you give him your arm, he’s only going to be able to use your arm. If you give him an arm and your leg, one leg, he’ll give you he’ll use your one arm and one leg, but if you give all of you to him. Then he’s going to be able to use all of you. So I want you to think on these things as I leave. You may God bless you today until next time. Take care.